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1) Sacagawea
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Traces the life of the Shoshoni Indian girl who was stolen from her tribe at the age of twelve, sold to a French trapper, and served as a guide in the Lewis and Clark expedition.
4) Pocahontas
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English
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A biography of the Powhatan Indian woman who befriended the English settlers at Jamestown, Virginia, and helped maintain peace between her tribe and the colonists.
5) Rosa Parks
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English
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A brief biography of the African American who, in refusing to obey a discriminatory rule about bus seating, set off both the Montgomery Bus Boycott and a movement that changed the nation's laws.
6) Rosa Parks
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English
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A brief biography of the Alabama black woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus helped establish the civil rights movement.
8) Pocahontas
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English
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Simple text and illustrations introduce the life of the Powhatan Indian who worked throughout her life to establish peace between her people and the English.
11) Jane Goodall
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English
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Simple text and photographs present the life of Jane Goodall.
12) Amelia Earhart
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English
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A brief biography of the first woman pilot to cross the Atlantic Ocean and to fly alone across the United States, as well as the first pilot to fly alone across the Pacific Ocean.
15) Sally Ride
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English
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A simple biography of Sally Ride, who in 1983 became the first American woman to travel in space.
19) Mother Teresa
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English
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Simple text and photographs introduce the life of Mother Teresa, who founded an order of nuns called the Missionaries of Charity to take care of the poor in India.
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